Unlocked cars, lockers prowled | Mercer Island Police Blotter

The blotter consists of officers’ accounts of crimes and other incidents in Mercer Island. Persons arrested are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Feb. 6

Purse snatch: A wallet containing cash, gift cards, a driver’s license and bank cards was stolen from a backpack in an unlocked locker in the 3800 block of E. Mercer Way, and reported missing at 12:27 p.m. The bank cards were used at the Shell station on Southeast 29th Street and at a QFC in Bellevue. Police said that video surveillance evidence was pending.

Mischief: A rear driver side window of a car was broken at 5:14 p.m. in the 4600 block of Forest Ave. SE, causing $750 in damage. Nothing was taken from the vehicle.

Stop, thief: A vehicle was stopped for speeding in the 8100 block of W. Mercer Way at 9:20 p.m. The car and driver matched a description of a mail theft suspect called in from the 5200 block of 82nd Ave. SE during the stop. The suspect was arrested and booked into King County Jail on investigation of mail theft.

Prowling: An unlocked vehicle was prowled in the 4500 block of 88th Ave. SE and reported at 8:25 a.m. Nothing was taken.

Feb. 7

Prowling: An unlocked vehicle was rummaged through in the 4700 block of 91st Ave. SE, and an iPod was reported stolen at 9:31 a.m.

Prowling: A Garmin GPS unit was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle at 10:25 a.m. in the 8400 block of SE 39th St.

Found speaker: A victim of a previous car prowl found a Sonos Booster in a neighbor’s driveway at 10:52 a.m. in the 4700 block of 91st Ave. SE. The speaker does not belong to the neighbor, and could have come from an unreported car prowl.

Found bag: An Island man found a bike bag on the side of the street at 2:47 p.m. in the 8500 block of SE 44th Pl.

Prowling: An Island man’s unlocked vehicle was prowled while he was visiting his girlfriend overnight in the 2700 block of 73rd Ave. SE. He reported it at 2:59 p.m. A “felony amount” of miscellaneous items were taken, police said.

Missing checks: An Island man found his vehicle, which had been unlocked, rummaged through at 3:48 p.m. in the 8200 block of Merrimount Drive. A checkbook may have been stolen.

Feb. 8

Prowling: Someone went through an Islander’s unlocked vehicle in the 8400 block of SE 36th St., but nothing appeared to be taken. It was reported at 7:46 a.m.

Informational report: A nonprofit employee in the 7500 block of SE 24th St. reported that the organization has received fraudulent donations from possible stolen credit card numbers.

Mischief: An Island man said his mailbox, along with others next to it in the 5200 block of 82nd Ave. SE, were broken into over the weekend. The same thing had happened over the previous weekend as well.

Burglary: An Island man reported at 9:47 p.m. that his bicycle was stolen from a locked storage unit in the 9000 block of E. Shorewood Drive.

Feb. 9

More mischief: An Island woman reported at 4:57 p.m. that her mailbox lid in the 7200 block of 94th Ave. SE was pried open, but she didn’t know if anything had been taken.

Feb. 10

Stolen backpack: An Island man’s car window was smashed at 8:54 a.m. in the 3200 block of 80th Ave. SE. An “Osprey” child carrier backpack was stolen.